New York Times Answers - Saturday, 8th October 1983 There are 40 across clues and 39 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Saturday, 8th October 1983. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: PetitionedASKEDAAcross 6: Geller of Tel AvivURIAAcross 9: ___-Bethlehem (plants)STARSOFAAcross 13: AstralSTARLIKEAAcross 14: N.L.'s RosePETEAAcross 16: Set in motionSTART UPAAcross 16: Set in motionSTARTUPAAcross 17: South Pacific kingdomTONGAAAcross 18: Treats a feverSTARVESAAcross 19: Spiritual adviserSTARETSAAcross 20: Leghorn's largessEGGAAcross 21: By ___ (intermittently)FITS AND STARTSAAcross 24: Ad ___ (pertinent)REMAAcross 25: PalmistSEERAAcross 26: FormalitySTARCHINESSAAcross 31: Dismal and OkefenokeeSWAMPSAAcross 35: Servicewoman in Eng.WAACAAcross 36: Become less reservedTHAWAAcross 38: Like a martinetSTERNAAcross 39: Protein hormoneACTHAAcross 40: Prepared to fireAIMEDAAcross 42: Personal: PrefixIDIOAAcross 43: Ostriches' kinRHEASAAcross 45: Walesa, for onePOLEAAcross 46: ApproachNEARAAcross 47: Portions of the TorahSEDRASAAcross 49: July sports eventALLSTARGAMEAAcross 51: Bhang or cannabisDRUGAAcross 53: NCO's bossesLTSAAcross 54: One of the Army brassSTARSTARSTARGENERALAAcross 58: Radius localeARMAAcross 61: Ballet's BruhnERIKAAcross 62: Columnist BarrettRONAAAcross 63: Roast hostEMCEEAAcross 65: Hawaiian gooseNENEAAcross 66: Air apparent?SMOGAAcross 67: Shoe stripsRANDSAAcross 68: TenseEDGYAAcross 69: Bellwether's mateEWEAAcross 70: Get dazedSEESTARSDDown 1: A goddess of fertilityASTARTEDDown 2: Walk heavilySLOGDDown 3: Alan or PeggyKINGDDown 4: Cardiologist's graphEKGDDown 5: Cause auricular malfunctionDEAFENDDown 6: ParvenuUPSTARTDDown 7: Guns a motorREVSDDown 8: Willow-family membersITEASDDown 9: What good movies receiveSTARSTARSTARSTARRATINGSDDown 10: Don't deleSTETDDown 11: Inning sextetOUTSDDown 12: Speed meas. used in film makingFPSDDown 15: Laborers in 1066ESNESDDown 22: "___ man with . . . "IMETADDown 23: Moistens, in a wayDEWSDDown 24: Famed LiverpudlianRICHARD STARKEYDDown 26: Box-office smashSTARWARSDDown 27: Hiding placeCACHEDDown 28: AbhorredHATEDDDown 29: Windjammer, for oneSHIPDDown 30: Mead localeSAMOADDown 32: Jason's wifeMEDEADDown 33: Hecuba's husbandPRIAMDDown 34: A 4 A.M. soundSNOREDDown 37: GusherWELLDDown 41: Reese or StreetDELLADDown 44: Marionette makerSARGDDown 48: Litigious onesSUERSDDown 50: They surpriseSTARTLERSDDown 52: Hidden-treasure guardianGNOMEDDown 54: Had the leadSTARREDDDown 55: Rubberneck's activitySTARINGDDown 56: Sufficient, to FitzGeraldENOWDDown 57: CrazeRAGEDDown 58: Adolescent's ailmentACNEDDown 59: Soviet military symbolREDSTARDDown 60: FarragoMESSDDown 61: Compass pt.ENEDDown 64: Busch or WestMAE